#prince imperial

[walzerjahrhundert]

studio portrait of Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial

circa 1875

#Napoléon Eugène #Prince Imperial #Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte #exiled royalty #French #photography #1875 #history #old photographs

[corbenic]

The Prince Imperial (Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, son of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, known to Bonapartists as Napoleon IV) "was one of only two people Henry Ponsonby encountered who were not afraid of Queen Victoria; the other was John Brown. Later, Ponsonby might have added to his list Beatrice's husband, Henry of Battenberg, whom, save in height, the Prince strongly resembled." (Matthew Dennison, The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter)

#prince imperial #bonaparte family #napoleon iv #henry ponsonby #queen victoria #john brown #henry of battenberg #prince henry of battenberg #louis-napoleon bonaparte

[ukdamo]

Louis Napoleon

Oscar Wilde, here playing the ill-starred scion of nobility card to good effect, whilst praising democratic France.

Eagle of Austerlitz! where were thy wings When far away upon a barbarous strand, In fight unequal, by an obscure hand, Fell the last scion of thy brood of Kings!

Poor boy! thou shalt not flaunt thy cloak of red, Or ride in state through Paris in the van Of thy returning legions, but instead Thy mother France, free and republican,

Shall on thy dead and crownless forehead place The better laurels of a soldier's crown, That not dishonoured should thy soul go down To tell the mighty Sire of thy race

That France hath kissed the mouth of Liberty, And found it sweeter than his honied bees, And that the giant wave Democracy Breaks on the shores where Kings lay couched at ease.

*Louis Napoleon was the the only son of Napoleon III. He died a casualty of war, in a botched military operation during the Anglo-Zulu war.

#prince imperial #louis napoleon #poetry #oscar wilde #death #war #colonialism #futility #anglo-zulu war #power #politics #posturing #botched job

[taxinealkaloids]

two b-list sons of God and a second-rate resurrection

#tlt #my art #tower princes here pictured shortly after having chopped up a bunch of devil-infested civilians at antioch and burning the bits #which is a thing they did! crazy. #like...between htn and ntn ianthe and kiriona were just. bonding over committing war crimes in the name of imperialism i guess! #i think ppl forget sometimes that they weren't JUST on the mithraeum they were actually at antioch. idk how much they were actually on #the front lines but they were THERE roughing it in the military encampment or w/e. and gideon seemed to have #pretty firsthand knowledge of the devils and their specific disposal methods so. yeah i think she was doing some chopping and burning. #anyway the text in image 1 is the parable of the prodigal son #and image 2 is luke 9:22 (jesus foretells his death) and mark 16:6 (the resurrection) #imagine you practice ninth house religion and your iconography looks like this.

[moonstrider9904]

Only twenty minutes to sleep, but you dream of some epiphany

#the bad batch #tbb crosshair #moon's gifsets #star wars tbb #tbb season 2 #tbb season 3 #clone force 99 #crosshair #my prince #bad batch crosshair #imperial crosshair #commander crosshair #tbb #ct 9904 #clone trooper crosshair #tbb spoilers #tbb s3 spoilers #tbb s2 spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #crosshair tbb #crosshair bad batch #crosshair the bad batch

[strawlessandbraless]

Ireland while the whole Monarchy celebrates the coronation of King Charles III

#british royal family #royal family #british monarchy #uk politics #royals #kate middleton #prince william #King Charles #coronation #prince louis #princess charlotte #imperialism #ireland #Camilla #wales #princess anne #prince harry #meghan markle #prince george #monarchy #princess of wales #prince of wales #king charles iii #queen consort #england #prince andrew #charles iii

[gaypiratesgalore]

Queen Elizabeth

#Queen elizabeth #the queen is dead #uk #united kingdom #colonialism #colonists #King Charles iii #uk politics #imperialism #prince charles #prince andrew #buckingham palace

[supremechancellorrex]

Avatar in my head and I was thinking about Maiko and Mai.

Now, Mai's character arc in Avatar, from my interpretation, is rediscovering herself and her wants and personhood that has been stripped from her as a noblewoman part of a family that submitted to the Fire Nation Imperialist structure and Ozai. We see in Book 2 set up for this. Mai in early Book 2 does not resist Azula's will aside from brief sparks of rebellion where she isn't present. "Of course not, Princess Azula" she notes formally and apathetically when Azula asks if she "minds", knowing she has no choice as Azula 'just' ponders if Mai's hostage brother is worth an Earth King like Bumi. Mai is always aware that Azula, as Princess in an authoritarian nation where the Fire Lord is God, can have her executed and her family punished. The unequal power dynamic is surprisingly consistent in the show.

Mai can't even insult Azula back in Zuko Alone as a child. She just lets Azula put an apple on her head (as Ty Lee loyally sniggers along), set it on fire, and when Zuko pushes her into the fountain to put it out, Mai, drenched, glares and says "You two are such… ugh". We know Mai can have an acid tongue, yet her fear of Azula prevents her from using it. Her most rebellious act in Book 2 is when she says "She can shoot all the lightning she wants at me. I am not getting in that wall sludge juice". Mai actually has self-respect, but she can't express it in the presence of greater threats, meanwhile Ty Lee merely says "Come on! Azula said we have to follow them", because Ty Lee follows Azula's will even when she isn't there.

Even when Mai gets with Zuko, she falls into a subservient role. When Azula interrupts Maiko's smooching, lazily dismissing Mai with "Oh Mai, Ty Lee needs help untangling her braid" Mai responds quickly "Sounds pretty serious" with only a touch of dryness and leaves, only able to muster throwing Azula a dirty look a split second after passing her. However, this little ember of rebellion will grow.

Mai has continued difficulty understanding Zuko's anger and reactiveness, or how to even function in a relationship. She initially tries to joke in a dismissive fashion, as if saying 'ugh, feelings are lame, right?', but that would only work with Azula logically. The Beach episode is a key Mai episode. She continues to be emotionally repressed, to the point Zuko, Ty Lee and Azula comment on it. However, Zuko's insecurity at her talking to Ruon-Jian to the point he physically removes him from her presence, and his accusative comments like "You like him, don't you?", also makes Mai feel a little boxed in, controlled, and that does irritated her given her history. However, at the Beach's emotional narrative climax, Mai is able to finally express herself at the rest of the group (Azula included) for the first time, telling them to "Leave her alone" and that she's "still mad". After Zuko explosively reveals the extent of his pain and confusion, we see a 'smoothing' effect on her attitude. She realises her and Zuko are dealing with pain in different ways and his way is understandable.

Mai says softly, "I know one thing I care about, I care about you". This is the one thing Mai can grasp in the confusion. This is where Mai betraying Azula becomes inevitable. We see Mai continue to be more supportive with Zuko, more actively trying to cheer him up in Nightmares and Daydreams with big smiles and jokes while Zuko remains shut down over the War meeting and is acting irritated and repressed due to his family trauma. When Zuko later leaves and joins the Avatar, Mai is hurt and angry, which shows in the Boiling Rock, saying "All I get is a letter? You could have at least looked me in the eye when you ripped out my heart". They have a tense conversation, but it's their most honest one. I actually think Mai already made up her mind in this scene to support Zuko over Azula, and she doesn't quite realise it. "Save it? You're betraying your country" she accuses, to which Zuko replies, resolute, "That's not how I see it", and in response Mai just folds her arms and turns her head away in an almost defeat.

I find it very telling she doesn't respond. It's because she realises Zuko is more passionate and resolute about his mission than she is hers. It's because she knows the Fire Nation under its current authority is not exactly great. Sometimes in life we fall into a box and we need someone to give us that little push so we can realise we can climb out of it, that the toxic space we're in isn't normal, and we don't have to tolerate it. I like to think Mai was thinking in that moment where Zuko locked her in the cell and he and she gazed into each others' eyes, what she was really thinking about was what life she actually wanted to live. She was thinking of Azula and being under her thumb, and she was thinking of all those moments with Zuko, like when they were lounging on the sofa together, smiling and joking in Nightmares & Daydreams, and she realised how ridiculous it was to be afraid of Azula killing her when the real fear should be being Azula's servant until her dying days, decades of repression and misery.

After all, what does Mai have left to fight for? Fear of Azula? Hah, what a joke. She remembers "I know one thing I care about. I care about you" and when she sees Zuko about to die she has to intervene.

"I guess you just don't know people as well as you think you do. You miscalculated. I love Zuko more than I fear you" Mai says to an increasingly-enraged Azula's speak of 'consequences', because Mai did fear Azula, but now in her love for Zuko she has found a purpose she has been lacking, her feelings and wants over Azula's will. Zuko being true to himself is contagious. Iroh's love for Zuko puts him on the right path, and in turn the love Mai has for Zuko saves her. As a consequence Ty Lee chooses Mai and their friendship over Azula's toxic, fear-based one and even later bonds with former enemies like the Kyoshi Warriors. Like Zuko says to Ozai, "an era of peace and kindness" will replace an "era of fear". In the face of fear, love and empathy win.

#avatar legend of aang #avatar last airbender #avatar mai #prince zuko #alta mai #zuko #atla maiko #maiko #princess azula #ty lee #can't wait to see them in the avatar live action #themes #good writing #character writing #romantic relationships #classism #imperialism

[rarepears]

It would be so freaking funny if it turns out that Shang Qinghua is actually a secret imperial prince all along when Shen Jiu was a runaway slave.

That would certainly explain how and why OG! Shang Qinghua was so good at advising Mobei Jun for sure. He’s got Experience already with navigating court politics.

#svsss #svsss ideas #svsss au #scumbag self saving system #mxtx #shang qinghua #mobei jun #the scum villain's self saving system #Shang qinghua is actually an imperial prince AU

[bugcowboyart]

Concepts for Cohort Uniforms as modeled by the Second House Scion Judith Deuteros

I’m a costume designer by trade and the problem of how to design an entire military wing of a disco for a necromancer society in space was just too tempting to pass up. I took inspiration from modern US navy, regency era naval officers, sci-fi space suits, and bones.

Anything red on Jody would be the house color for whatever soldier wore it, rough examples in the third image.

At Canaan, Marta and Judith would both wear the top middle which is designated for OF 3-6 (lieutenants commander, captains, etc.) though Jody has the “cursory” necro robe because I couldn’t resist.

Jody would have been 14 when she last wore the red junior division uniforms m (but I didn’t want to draw a new model lol) and the blue is also what Isaac and Jeannemary would have worn prior to Canaan. This is because the thought of child soldiers in little naval capes makes me cry so it felt right.

#the locked tomb #tlt #judith deuteros #cohort #imperial cohort #marta dyas #now to draw the emperor and princes #lyctors would wear a version of admiral with rainbow iridescences instead of house color #but they also are mostly too stubborn to get into a uniform anymore #gideon the ninth #nona the ninth #harrow the ninth #concept design #costume design

[emilianadarling]

working on the cover art for latest fic chapter. blessed to have a beta-reader who can help craft such a phenomenal new empire sigil. shout out!!!!

#star wars #luke skywalker #the new empire #only as strong as the warrior next to you #sith luke skywalker #imperial luke skywalker #imperial high prince skywalker #edited from comics art to fit the fic content #dinluke #omgosh I just discovered the skydalorian tag for the first time ever and I am LIVING

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Crop of a smiling Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna with father Tsar Nicholas II, 1st-cousin-in-law and 1st-cousin-once-removed Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and probably Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, 1910

#olga nikolaevna #tsar nicholas ii #Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark #1910 #Romanovs #Romanov #OTMA #greek royal family #russian imperial family #russian history #prince Andrew #prince Andrew of Greece #Nicholas ii #grand duchess olga nikolaevna

[corbenic]

The Prince Imperial (Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, son of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie) in 1878

#prince imperial #bonaparte family #louis-napoleon bonaparte #napoleon iv #second french empire

[wh40kartwork]

Primarchs

by Mikhail Savier

#imperium #chaos #tzeentch #horus heresy #terra #primarch #blood angels #sanguinius #thousand sons #magnus the red #daemon prince #salamanders #vulkan #space marines #loyalist astartes #imperial fists #adeptus mechanicus #techpriest #servo skull #mikhail savier #warhammer #warhammer 30k #30k #monochrome

[unforth]

@esper-aroon has enabled me, so here let me scream at y'all about The Imperial Uncle.

Okay, so I recently read The Imperial Uncle (Huang Shu) by Da Feng Gua Guo from Peach Flower House and I really loved it??? It's first person pov, mlm, about the Emperor's uncle Jing Chengjun, who is mistrusted by everyone simply because of who his parents were and his position, and so he's basically given up on trying to convince people that he's actually a nice, decent person without ulterior motives. He's super trapped by his position, and there's so much he can't say and do, and he's also a hopeless romantic, like, from his own mouth all he really wants is to sleep beside and wake up next to someone who actually gives a shit about him, and even that is basically out of reach in his life. Like, the book starts with his wife (who he has never once had sex with) storming into a meeting he's having and announcing he's a cuckold and she's pregnant.

But also, this poor bastard really thinks he knows what's going on and his very smart. Very unreliable narrator. He's actually kinda a hilarious, impulsive himbo. But the TL:DR is that his loneliness and isolation and the extent to which he's politically trapped routinely lead him to make absolutely terrible decisions.

E. Danglar's translation is absolutely gorgeous, too, and... idk, if you love political plots, melodramatic idiot main characters, a dose of pining, and a slow burn that eventually pays off, come take a look??? (some people think it's a love triangle??? idk, I never really got that vibe, I never felt it was really in doubt which of the two potential dudes he'd end up with, but maybe I only feel that way because I got it right, lmao).

Anyway, I can't stop thinking about how these two idiots end up finally finding each other and getting together, and I have an entire AU in my head (a modern corporate one) and part of another (canon divergent from like a decade before the book starts), and I just want people to love this book as much as I did and scream with me about it.

#unforth rambles #da feng gua guo #the imperial uncle #huang shu #the first au is jing chengjun and li ransi meet and have a fling during a vacation #and then find out that they work for the same company #hijinks ensue #the other is an au that starts with what if jing chengjun's father had actually been accused and convicted of treason #whether he was guilty or not #and his family was sentenced to death #but because jing chengjun is a youth he is instead made into a eunuch and forced into servitude to the imperial family #i know it's a stretch that someone of his stature would be treated that way instead of killed or sold off as a slave #i just don't care #anyway he's given awful jobs at first and they leave him weak and sickly but eventually it because clear he really isn't a threat #and he's allowed to help raise the princes in the next generation including the crown prince #and he also gets to know the other young people around the palace but as a subservient slightly older person #instead of as their elder of higher rank #and then liu tongyi is like okay so everyone thinks you're useless do you want to be a spy for me and help me uncover treason #and he's like FUCK YEAH #and love unfolds from there ofc

[moonstrider9904]

Decided to remake my favorite S1 moments in my current gif style and friends... I'm falling in love with him all over again 😭❤

#moon's gifsets #my prince #tbb crosshair #the bad batch #tbb season 1 #clone force 99 #star wars tbb #the bad batch crosshair #bad batch crosshair #crosshair tbb #imperial crosshair #crosshair bad batch #crosshair the bad batch #ct 9904 #commander crosshair #clone trooper crosshair #tbb